An empirical evaluation of a sentinel based approach to exception diagnosis in multi-agent systems

Proceedings - International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 379-384

  Shah, Nazaraf ^a   Chao, Kuo Ming ^a   Godwin, Nick ^a   James, Anne ^a   Tasi, C F ^b  

^a Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DIAGNOSIS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EMPIRICAL EVALUATION; EXCEPTION DIAGNOSIS; SENTINEL BASED APPROACH;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751087251     PISSN: 1550445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AINA.2006.85     Document Type: Conference Paper

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